Protein and Energy: A Study of Changing Ideas in Nutrition

ISBN-13: 9780521452090 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 296 str.

Kenneth J. Carpenter

Opis

This book offers an intriguing look at the historical context of the repeated controversies during the past 150 years over the relative merits of a high-protein versus a low-protein diet. It puts the protein controversy into a historical perspective that sheds light on the scientific aspects of these questions and their historical development in a way that should be of interest to a wide range of readers in medicine, nutrition, public health, and history of science and medicine.

Recenzje

'He makes excellent use of his contemporary scientific knowledge in elucidating the past, and he is even-handed in dealing with a subject riddled with hasty pronouncements and gullible consumers.' The Times Literary Supplement

Spis treści

1. Nutritional science before the Chemical Revolution (1614–1773); 2. Nutrition in the light of the New Chemistry (1773–1839); 3. 'Protein' discovered and enthroned (1838–1845); 4. Things fall apart (1846–1875); 5. Vegetarian philosophies and Voit's standards (1875–1893); 6. Chittenden versus the U.S. establishment (1883–1912); 7. Vitamins and amino acids (1910–1950); 8. Protein deficiency as a Third World problem (1933–1957); 9. International actions to produce high-protein supplements (1955–1990); 10. Re-appraisals of the Third World problem (1955–1990); 11. Adult needs for amino acids: a new controversy (1950–1992); 12. Retrospect; Appendices: A. Chemical structure of amino acids; B. The measurement of protein quality; C. Calculations of amino acid balance using an isotope label.